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Image and text provided by University of South Carolina; Columbia, SC.Photo from The Anderson Daily Intelligencer. (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 27 March 1915, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.

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Submarine Monsters for American Navy.It Is fitting that the United States, where the submarine torpedoboat was designed and first built, should have the latest thing in these underseas monsters. So the naval architects in Washington have designed a fighting ship that will prove the most formidable that ever patrolled the seas, as it will be the largest.

MORE TERRIBLY DESTRUCTIVE SUBMARINES FORESEENU.S. Naval Men Look Forward to Development of a Vessel Capable of 25 Knots an Hour

Image and text provided by The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundation.Photo & text by The Sun.(New York, [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 25 July 1915, FIFTH SECTION SPECIAL FEATURE MAGAZINE, Image 45, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.

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NEW SCHLEY CLASS SUBMARINES TO MARK BIG ADVANCETwo Soon to Be Contracted For Expected to Be the Most
Efficient Undersea Fighters Afloat; They Will Be 265 Feet Long, Will Carry Rapid Fire Guns and Have Many Novel Features

Image and text provided by The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundation.Photo from The Sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 17 October 1915, FIFTH SECTION SPECIAL FEATURE MAGAZINE, Image 47, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.

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U S. SUBMARINE POLICY FAILURE, SAY EXPERTSVaunted Schley Class Boats a Disappointment Even With Greatest Strides Nation Will Still Be Five Years Behind Europe in Speed and Efficiency

Image and text provided by The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundation.Photo from The Sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 19 March 1916, SIXTH SECTION SPECIAL FEATURE SUPPLEMENT, Image 59, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.

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Schley (SS-52) bow view on 6 July 1916, two weeks after her keel was laid.

US National Archives photo # 19lc 09 from NARA, College Park, Maryland, courtesy of Sean Hert.Editors Note: None of the photos from NARA would have seen the light of day here if it were not for the effort of Sean Hert to scan and send them to me. He and Tracy White have done this innumerable times and I owe them a heart felt debt of perpetual thanks for being my legs from over 6,000 miles away.

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Schley (SS-52) stern view, 6 July 1916.

US National Archives photo # 19lc 08 from NARA, College Park, Maryland, courtesy of Sean Hert.

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Schley (SS-52) forward looking aft, 2 Oct. 1916.

US National Archives photo # 19lc 10 from NARA, College Park, Maryland, courtesy of Sean Hert.

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Schley (SS-52) forward looking aft, 9 January 1917. Note the construction of two other submarines on the ways to the left.The only other submarines under construction at Fore River were O-3 (SS-64), O-4 (SS-65), O-5 (SS-66), & O-6 (SS-67), which were all laid down between 2 through 8 December 1916.

US National Archives photo # 19lc 13 from NARA, College Park, Maryland, courtesy of Sean Hert.

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Schley (SS-52) view forward looking aft, 16 July 1917.

US National Archives photo # 19lc 07 from NARA, College Park, Maryland, courtesy of Sean Hert.

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AA-1 (SS-52) view forward looking aft, 4 October 1917.

US National Archives photo # 19lc 06 from NARA, College Park, Maryland, courtesy of Sean Hert.

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Schley (SS-52) forward looking aft, 14 February 1918.

US National Archives photo # 19lc 12 from NARA, College Park, Maryland, courtesy of Sean Hert.

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Ships fitting out at the Fore River shipyard, 19 March 1918. The six destroyers are Little (DD-79), Kimberly (DD-80), Sigourney (DD-81), Gregory (DD-82), Colhoun (DD-85) and Stevens (DD-86), which had builder's hull numbers 274-277 and 280-281 respectively.
The freighter at right is Katrina Luckenbach, yard hull # 267, which served as Katrina Luckenbach in 1918-19. Most of the equipment on the pier is for her.
Note the large submarine being built in the background, under the revolving crane.
It is probably S-1 (SS-105) or one of the AA-1 class: The AA-1 (SS-52), T-2 (SS-60) or T-3 (SS-61).

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 43022.

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Fore River Shipbuilding Company shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts. Destroyers fitting out on 20 June 1918. Murray (DD-97) is in the foreground, with Stribling (DD-96) outboard. In the middle distance are Bell (DD-95), with Dyer (DD-84) inboard of her. These four destroyers had builder's hull numbers 303, 302, 301 and 279, respectively, and these numbers are painted in small numerals on the ships' bows.
A submarine is on the building ways in the background, under the large crane. It is probably S-1 (SS-105) or one of the AA-1 class: The AA-1 (SS-52), T-2 (SS-60) or T-3 (SS-61).

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 43024.

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The crowd can be seen under her propellers during the launching of the Schley (SS-52) on 25 July 1918.

US National Archives photo # 19lc 14 from NARA, College Park, Maryland, courtesy of Sean Hert.

US National Archives photo # 19lc 2480 from NARA, College Park, Maryland, courtesy of Sean Hert.

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AA-1 (SS-52) as designed, had single 3-in/23 guns fore & aft on disappearing mounts & pairs of twin trainable torpedo tubes fore & aft of the bridge structure. The 3-in guns apparently were never installed; by 1920 the boat had a 4-in/50.

The AA-1 (SS-52) makes its way, possibly off Provinctown, Mass. early in her career.

USN photo courtesy of Robert Hurst. Text courtesy of DANFS.

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Circa post 1920 photo of the K-2 (SS-33), T-1(SS-52) & T-3 (SS-61).
In the foreground is another unidentified K-boat.
The T-1 has a canvas covering over her deck gun.
Note differences in the construction of the T-1 & T-3 conning tower fairwaters.

Our New Battleships & T-Boats Lead World's NaviesVessels of the North Carolina Class When Completed Will Put United States in Advance of Any Nation When Major Fighting Craft Are Considered---Fleet Submarines Under Construction Completely Overshadow Famous Deutschland in Size and Speed Besides Possessing Latest Marvels in Mechanical Equipment.

Image and text provided by University of Utah, Marriott Library.Photo from The Ogden Standard-Examiner. (Ogden, Utah) 1920-current, 04 February 1921, LAST EDITION, Image 11, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.

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AA-1 (SS-52) in dry dock at the Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia, March 1921.

Henderson (AP-1) at the Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, VA., 20 May 1922, just before sailing for Japan with Secretary of the Navy Denby and the U.S. Naval Academy Class of 1881. T-1 (SS-52) is to the right, alongside Fulton (AS-1), and the upperworks of two colliers are visible in the background.

USN photo # NH 82524 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center, courtesy of W. E. and R. W. Bennington, 1974, from the collection of William E. Bennington. US Naval Historical Center.

View the AA-1 / T-1 (SF-1) (SS-52)DANFS history entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site.
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